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Antique Needlework Display Contest
Needlework Retailer has a wonderful contest that is open to the public. Just take a picture of your needlework or favorite needlework products displayed using an antique. Mail your digital photo along with a few words describing your entry to info@ne...
What Do You Want in Needlepoint?
There isn’t much in the world that can’t be improved, needlepoint included. Everyone has to balance scarce resources (time, money, space, skill) with our desires to find out what works for us. Even so there are things we’d like to s...
Mondays with Needlepoint
My friend Doreen at Art Needlepoint wants your input. In her newsletter by this name last Monday she announced a contest via both email and her blog. She wants to know why you needlepoint by answering three questions: Please let us know three reason...
September Winner & October Contest
The winner of September’s contest is Patt who wrote about her favorite shop: There are a lot of great shops in our Bay Area, but my favorite is Madonna Needleworks in Morgan Hill, CA. When you enter the door, Jack is there to great you with hi...
August Winner & Let’s Salute the Shops!
The winner of August’s contest is Melissa. Congratulations to her, she’ll be getting five skeins of thread. The theme for September’s contest will be “My Favorite Needlepoint Shop.” Needlepoint shops are often the unsung...
August Giveaway & July’s Winner
The winner of the July Contest is Carmen whose favorite project has been a saying she made when she was a teenager. The runners up were Tracy (set of teatowels), Shelly (pansies on pillowcases), Deanna (Father Christmas stocking), Betsy (sampler of h...
June Winner & July Giveaway
The winner of June’s giveaway is Renee Grandinetti whose first project was a pincushion with yellow and white flowers. This month’s giveaway will have a grand prize and five runners-up. The winner will get a selection of threads, and a sc...
Stash-busting Contest Update
Remember our stash-busting needlepoint challenge this month? I wanted to bring you up-to-date on my progress and plans. I decided I wanted it to look like stained glass, so I’m using one of my favorite colors of Kreinik, Gunmetal (025HL) for th...
What Was your First Needlepoint Project? - June Giveaway
This giveaway was inspired by one of the responses to last month’s post about how we learned to needlepoint. Priscilla wrote: My grandmother Mimi and my godmother Kappy gave me a needlepoint canvas with a grey donkey already stitched in the mid...
Stash Busting Project & Contest
Connie Barwick, the Cross Stitch Guide at About.com, just published this delightful abstract chart. I just love it. It would make great needlepoint, especially as a stash project. With all the different spaces, you could also do some fun things with ...
